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TULSI-PRAINA
mata yathă niyam puttam. ayusā ekaputtamanurakkhe /
evampisabbabhutesu manasam bhavaye aparimānam 1,5 and
mettam ca sabbalokasmin, manasam bhavaye apanimanam / uddham adha ca tiriyam ca, asambadham averam asapattam /
In these suttas Bhagavan Buddha adviced his followers that one must cultivate in the consciousness and in the heart, the feeling with which a mother defends with her life an only son. As a merchant on a householder loves an only son who is meritorious from the very core of his heart, in the same way, the compassionate Boddhisattva loves all living creatures from the very core of his heart,
The Boddbisattva who is encompass with this mahāmaltri or Universal love, sacrifies his body. life and the very root of his good action for the sake of this Universe without desire of any recompense.? According to the description of the Suttani puta as long as we live in this world we should love others and it is called the real brahmavihara viz;
tittham caram nisinno vā, sayano vā yavatassa vigatarnidoho/ atam satim adhittheyya brahmanetam viharam idhamahu //
The Buddhists not only verbally advice about the mahamaitri, but they suggest the path that how to cultivate this metta in our practical life. The Siksasa muccaya, contains that_to cultivate this metta, we have to think of maitri for the person to whom we love best. We have to think about his happiness, comfort and whatever good can be added to. Then we have to consider likewise for him who is next dear to us; and then for him who is just dear In this process, we, gradually began to love our neighbours, fellow-villagers, neighbouring villages and then for fellow country.men. Thus it is possible to think maitri in relation to all those who live in any direction from us. Guiding our thoughts in this manner, we will so train our mind and heart that we will begin to feel for all living things the tender affection of a father for a son viz, purvam priya sattve hitabukhopasmharanna dhyanamabhyasya / tatsame maitrinupasamharet / tatah paricitesu / tath udāsinesu / tatah samipavasisu / tatah svagramavasisul evam paragname ca / evam yavadekam disamadhimucya sparityapasampodya viharati / evam dasasudiksu /
This maitri or mahamaitri is the life and soul of Buddhism. This great idea of universal love inspired thousands of men and women who dedicated their lives, not only for the suffering humanity but for all sentient beings. Buddhists who imbibed the maitri also crossed the Himalayas and the Sea, went to other countries and established their hospitals for both human beings and animals. They imported
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| SR No. | 524587 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 1996 04 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Parmeshwar Solanki |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 1996 |
| Total Pages | 194 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 8 MB |